KR20190079609A - Method and Apparatus for Generating E-Book File - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for generating an electronic book file. According to an embodiment of the present invention, metadata information is extracted from raw data to analyze objects, interaction content is generated by a method of pairing pre-prepared interaction functional modules with the object required with interaction among the objects, and the interaction content is transcoded, such that a programming process for interaction of each of the objects can be omitted.

Description

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AN E-BOOK FILE BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001]

Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method and apparatus for generating an electronic book file.

The following description merely provides the background information related to the embodiments of the present invention and does not constitute the prior art.

Recently, as the educational policy and educational environment of the government have changed, the awareness of education has diversified and various attempts have been made to support this changed perception. An electronic book (e-book) refers to a digital book that can be used as a conventional book by recording audiovisual information such as text, images, or moving pictures on an electronic medium. This e-book has attracted attention as a new educational service model as the development and dissemination of e-learning contents are activated.

Electronic PUBlication (ePUB) is a standard for electronic book format developed by IDPF (International Digital Publishing Forum), and is now becoming a de facto standard in the e-book market. In keeping with this trend, most publishers are now producing eBooks in ePUB format.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a conventional electronic book file generating method.

A conventional electronic book file generation method includes a resource preparation step (S110), a design editing step (S120), and an HTML based electronic book publishing step (S130).

Despite the active ePUB market, it is still difficult for publishers who have published traditional books or individuals who have content to produce and publish ePUB ebooks. One of the biggest difficulties of these various difficulties is the use of a programming language including HTML (hypertext markup language) to produce ePUB eBooks. That is, the execution of the HTML-based electronic book publishing process (S130) causes a great waste of human resources and material resources, which acts as a barrier to activation of the ePUB market.

Therefore, there is a need for a new type of electronic book production method that can save labor and cost by not directly exposing a programming language such as HTML to a user.

The present embodiment is an electronic book that enables easy publishing of an electronic book by simply transcoding multimedia contents such as characters, images, sound sources, moving pictures and the like using a commercial design editing tool without learning a programming language A method for generating a file, and an apparatus.

One embodiment of the present invention includes a resource preparation process for receiving raw data from outside; A design editing process of extracting metadata of at least one object from the raw data, converting character information of the raw data into vector image information, and editing character and image information; And a transcoding process of analyzing the metadata to identify an object requiring interaction, generating an interaction content by assigning an ID to the identified object, and transcoding the raw data and the interaction content into an electronic book file And generating an electronic book file including the electronic book file.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an image processing apparatus, comprising: a vector conversion unit for generating metadata by receiving raw data from an external source and vectorizing character information in the raw data; A module generating unit for generating at least one function module for executing a necessary function in an electronic book file; An interaction content generation unit for analyzing the raw data to identify an object requiring interaction, assigning an ID to the identified object, and mating the ID and the at least one function module to generate an interaction content; And a transcoding unit for parsing the ID and transcoding the electronic book file into an electronic book file.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, metadata information is extracted from raw data to analyze objects, and interaction contents are generated by a method of pairing previously prepared interaction function modules with objects requiring interaction among the objects, There is an effect that it is possible to provide an electronic book file generating method and apparatus which can omit a programming process for each object requiring an interaction by transcoding the electronic book file.

According to another aspect of an embodiment of the present invention, the same function module can be used for objects performing the same function, thereby saving manpower and material resources required for publishing an electronic book.

According to another aspect of an embodiment of the present invention, since the functions of the conventional commercial design editor can be utilized, it is possible to publish electronic books using more powerful design editing functions.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to omit the publishing process for e-book publishing, eliminate the content distortion caused by the difference between the design editor and the HTML production method, and improve the readability .

1 is a flowchart illustrating a conventional electronic book file generating method.
2 is a conceptual diagram for explaining an electronic book file generation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating an electronic book file generation method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 illustrates a process of converting a PDF file into a program to which an electronic book file generation method according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.
FIG. 5 illustrates a process of creating a layer using a program to which an electronic book file generation method according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.
FIG. 6 illustrates a process of creating a button using a program to which an electronic book file generation method according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.
FIG. 7 illustrates a process of creating a correct answer image using a program to which an electronic book file generation method according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.
FIG. 8 illustrates a process of creating a subtitle file using a program to which an electronic book file generation method according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that, in adding reference numerals to the constituent elements of the drawings, the same constituent elements are denoted by the same reference symbols as possible even if they are shown in different drawings. In the following description of the embodiments of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

In describing the components of the embodiments according to the present invention, the first, second, i), ii), a), b) and the like can be used. Such a code is intended to distinguish the constituent element from other constituent elements, and the nature of the constituent element, the order or the order of the constituent element is not limited by the code. It is also to be understood that when a component is referred to as being "comprising" or "comprising," it should be understood that it is not intended to exclude other components, it means.

Hereinafter, a method and an apparatus for generating an electronic book file according to embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a conceptual diagram for explaining an electronic book file generation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

An electronic book file generation apparatus 200 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a vector conversion unit 210, a module generation unit 220, an interaction content generation unit 230, and a transcoding unit 240.

The vector conversion unit 210 receives and analyzes raw data from the outside. The vector conversion unit 210 extracts metadata of the character information and the image information included in the raw data, and classifies and stores the information based on the extracted metadata. Here, the metadata may include layout information including positional coordinates of the character information and the image information, and attribute information including character content corresponding to the character information. The attribute information for the character information includes at least one information selected from a font, a size and a color for each character. The vector conversion unit 210 performs a function of imaging character information in a vector form.

The module generation unit 220 generates at least one function module for executing a necessary function in the electronic book file. Here, a necessary function in the e-book file is a function of displaying an electronic book like a book and providing an additional function by utilizing a multimedia file. Such additional functions may include subtitle display, score display, audio and video playback, highlight display, problem solving, correct answer confirmation, page turnover, and the like. The module generating unit 220 may be configured to allow the module generating unit 220 to select a portable document format (PDF) file, an encapsulated postscript file, an image file, an audio file, and a video file At least one function module may be created by preparing at least one file and using some or all of the HTML and JavaScript selected. In addition, the module generation unit 220 generates function modules for the respective additional functions to construct a module library. Since there are not many kinds of additional functions necessary for providing e-book service in e-book files and certain types of additional functions are used repeatedly, once the module library is built, it is troublesome to program each of the additional functions each time .

The interaction content generation unit 230 analyzes the raw data received and analyzed by the vector conversion unit 210 to determine an object requiring interaction. The interaction content generation unit 230 uses the metadata extracted by the vector conversion unit 210 to identify an object requiring interaction. The interaction content generation unit 230 assigns an ID to each of the objects determined to require the interaction, and generates an interaction content by mating a selected one of the at least one function module with the ID. In addition, the interaction content generation unit 230 may edit some or all selected characters and images included in the raw data or add characters or images not included in the raw data. Editing some or all of the selected characters and images included in the raw data, or adding characters and images not included in the raw data, performed by the interaction content generation unit 230, is a common commercial design An editor, e.g., Adobe Illustrator of Adobe Systems.

The transcoding unit 240 parses the IDs of the interaction contents and transcodes them into HTML based epub e-book files or HTML files. The electronic book file transcoded by the transcoding unit 240 can be read and executed in various epub file viewers, a web browser, and the like.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an electronic book file generation method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The method for generating an electronic book file according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a resource preparing step S310, a design editing step S320, and a transcoding step S330 for automatically publishing an electronic book file.

In the resource preparation process (S310), the vector conversion unit 210 converts raw data for providing character information, that is, an image file, an audio file, a video file, and the like for an add- Receive input.

In the design editing process (S320), the vector conversion unit 210 extracts metadata of at least one object from the raw data. In addition, the vector conversion unit 210 converts the character information in the raw data into vector image information. In this process, the interaction content generation unit 230 performs design editing such as deleting, changing, or adding character and image information.

In the transcoding process (S330), the interaction content generation unit 230 analyzes the metadata to determine an object requiring interaction, and assigns an ID to the identified object to generate an interaction content. The transcoding unit 240 transcodes the raw data and the interaction contents into an electronic book file. The result transcoded by the transcoding unit 240 may be an epub file or an HTML file.

FIG. 4 illustrates a process of converting a PDF file into a program to which an electronic book file generation method according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

In the program to which the method of generating an electronic book file according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied, a conversion target PDF file is searched and a 'search' button is clicked, a PDF file to be converted is selected, and an 'open' button is clicked. Click the 'Find' button of the converted file storage path to select a folder to be saved, and click the 'Convert' button to perform the conversion operation (S310).

FIG. 5 illustrates a process of creating a layer using a program to which an electronic book file generation method according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

First, a PDF file or an EPS file is opened in a program to which an electronic book file generation method according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied, and a new layer is created. At this time, specify the layer name as overlay. a sublayer may be created under the 'overlay' layer, and button generation operations such as 'correct answer', 'audio reproduction' and 'image reproduction' may be performed in each layer at step S320.

FIG. 6 illustrates a process of creating a button using a program to which an electronic book file generation method according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

In the case of creating a button with a program to which an electronic book file generating method according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied, a 'correct answer view', an 'audio play', and an 'image play' 'Are designated by using the rectangular tool 610. [ Then define the naming conventions for the individual work layers. For example, the object-by-object layer naming convention for 'View Correct', 'Play Audio' and 'Play Video' is shown in Table 1.

Item function rule One View the Correct Answer Button: btnXXXYY (XXX: page number, YY: item number) Correct image: btnXXXYY_img 2 Audio playback type0_ (audio file name): Enter the file name including the extension after '_' 3 Video playback video_ (video file name): Enter the file name including the extension after '_'

On the other hand, the types of the media player buttons are shown in Table 2.

Name (name) Button image Player type type1 none invisible type2 none simple type3 none script, speed control type4 exist invisible type5 exist simple type6 exist script, speed control

Here, "none" indicates a button image which is changed to a red semi-transparent area when there is no button, and when mouse over, "exist" indicates a case where a separate button exists.

For player types, invisible represents the player that can not see the media player, simple represents the player that only allows basic playback controls, and for script, speed control, subtitles and speed control players.

FIG. 7 illustrates a process of creating a correct answer image using a program to which an electronic book file generation method according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

When a correct answer image is created with a program to which an electronic book file generation method according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied, the correct answer image connected to the button is drawn, grouped into a group, and a layer name is designated. Here, the layer name is the button name _img. For fonts, you can change the layer name to 'Create Outlines' and specify the layer name by specifying the group.

FIG. 8 illustrates a process of creating a subtitle file using a program to which an electronic book file generation method according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

As shown in Fig. 8, a caption file can be generated by designating a time range in which a caption is to be displayed, a caption content, and the like.

In FIG. 3, it is described that each process is sequentially executed, but it is not limited thereto. In other words, the present invention can be applied to changing the procedure shown in FIG. 3 or executing one or more processes in parallel. Therefore, FIG. 3 is not limited to the time series.

Meanwhile, each step of the flowchart shown in FIG. 3 can be implemented as a computer-readable code on a computer-readable recording medium. A computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording apparatuses in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored. That is, a computer-readable recording medium includes a magnetic storage medium (e.g., ROM, floppy disk, hard disk, etc.), an optical reading medium (e.g., CD ROM, And the like). In addition, the computer-readable recording medium may be distributed over a network-connected computer system so that computer-readable code can be stored and executed in a distributed manner.

The foregoing description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present embodiment, and various modifications and changes may be made to those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the embodiments. Therefore, the present embodiments are to be construed as illustrative rather than restrictive, and the scope of the technical idea of the present embodiment is not limited by these embodiments. The scope of protection of the present embodiment should be construed according to the following claims, and all technical ideas within the scope of equivalents thereof should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

200: electronic book file generating apparatus 210: vector converting section
220: module generation unit 230:
240: transcoding unit 290: design editor
610: Rectangular tool

Claims (2)

A resource preparation process for receiving raw data from outside;
A design editing process of extracting metadata of character information and image information included in the raw data, converting the character information into vector image information, and editing character information and image information; And
A transcoding process of analyzing the metadata to identify an object requiring interaction, generating an interaction content by assigning an ID to the identified object, and transcoding the raw data and the interaction content into an electronic book file
And generating the electronic book file. A vector conversion unit that receives raw data from outside and generates meta data and converts character information of the raw data into a vector image;
A module generating unit for generating at least one function module for executing a necessary function in an electronic book file;
An interaction content generation unit for analyzing the raw data to identify an object requiring interaction, assigning an ID to the identified object, and mating the ID and the at least one function module to generate an interaction content; And
A transcoding unit that parses the ID and transcodes the ID into an electronic book file
The electronic book file generating apparatus comprising:

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